Joy Dryfoos Papers 1960-2005 (ongoing) 1970s

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Joy Dryfoos Papers 1960-2005 (ongoing) 1970s

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Researcher; Author; Reproductivehealth specialist. Papers contain extensive research and printed material, primarily fromDryfoos's work at the Alan Guttmacher Institute in the 1960s and 1970s. They include herworking files on such subjects as family planning and abortion as well as numerous articles, reports, and speeches authored by Dryfoos.

18 boxes; (19.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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Dryfoos, Joy G.

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Joy Dryfoos is an independent researcher, writer, and lecturer. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Antioch College in 1951 and an M.A. in Urban Sociology from Sarah Lawrence College in 1966. In 1968 she was employed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America as a researcher, and from 1969-81, she served as the Director of Research and Planning of the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Dryfoos has lectured and published extensively, particularly in the area of adolescents at risk. She is the auth...

Alan Guttmacher Institute.

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Founded in 1968 and first known as the Center for Family Planning Program Development, the organization was initially part of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The Center had as its champion Alan F. Guttmacher, the prestigious obstetrician/gynecologist/educator who served as PPFA president for more than ten years until his death in 1974. By 1977, the Center was renamed the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) in Dr. Guttmacher's honor and incorporated as an independent non-profit o...

Planned parenthood federation of America

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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...